Gramma's Chocolate Cake

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This is a fail proof recipe for delicious dark chocolate cake. Put any flavor icing you want on it.

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  • 12
  • Average
  • 10 mins
  • 35 mins
  • Average budget

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup hot water (boiling)
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 cup sour milk ( add a tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar to milk)
  • 2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

Mix cocoa, butter, sugar and hot water. Add eggs. Mix all your dry ingredients together flour, baking soda, salt. Use a wire whisk to mix dry ingredients well. Alternate the dry ingredients with the milk. Add the vanilla. Pour into a 9 by 12 cake pan.

Step 2

Bake at 350F for 35 min.'s. Test with a toothpick, it should come out dry. Top should feel spongy.

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The hot water seems weird but it really works, be careful you don't splash the batter when adding the hot water, mix on lowest speed.

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